Address to the Legislature of New-York

Title

Address to the Legislature of New-York

Creator

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902

Date

1854

Subject

Women's rights

Type

text

Language

English

Place of Issue

Albany (N.Y.)

Genre

Speeches

Location

Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester

Call number

8

Exhibition link

Upstate New York and the Women's Rights Movement

Label text

Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Address to the Legislature of New-York. (Albany, 1854). Stanton was the first woman to speak before the New York State Legislature. In her address she outlined the legal disabilities of women and the need to broaden the married women's property laws.

Collection

Rare Book Collection (UR-RBSCP)

Citation

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902, “Address to the Legislature of New-York,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 8, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/511.

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